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Graeme Dods
Guest
On 31 Aug 2005 14:36:08 GMT, Roos Eisma wrote:
> Off on a sideline: what was her original citizenship, did she lose that,
> and why did she take British citizenship?
She's Australian, she didn't lose it (it was tucked safely away at the back
of a drawer). She'd been entitled to British citizenship for years, but
never took it up as Australia had, until recently, a silly rule which meant
that if you took up citizenship of another country you automatically lost
Australian citizenship. She applied for British citizenship soon after this
law was dropped[1] as at the time we may have been moving to Germany with
my work and being a citizen of an EU country would have made it less
hassle. In the end we didn't go to Germany, we're now all out in Australia
and it's me having to fill in all the forms for the next stage of becoming
an Aussie -
1) Do you know that thongs are worn on feet, not your ****? - check
2) Can you cremate a steak on a barbie? - check
3) Do you know at least two people with any of the following names; Kylie,
Raelene, Noelene or normal names with unusual spellings, e.g. Aimie,
Cambell, Loren? - check
4) Football with a round ball is only played by .....? - girls
> As it looks like I'm staying here I wonder occasionally if there is any
> point in formalising that.
Maybe not as you're already an EU citizen. Mind you, part of the reason for
me getting an Aussie citizenship is that I'm currently the only member of
our family who doesn't have two passports. As we plan to do some travelling
off the beaten track when our son is older it can come in very handy to
have two different passports. So do you fancy having two passports?
Graeme
[1] Apparently this law was abolished partly due to Rupert Murdoch taking
US citizenship and loosing his Australian citizenship.
> Off on a sideline: what was her original citizenship, did she lose that,
> and why did she take British citizenship?
She's Australian, she didn't lose it (it was tucked safely away at the back
of a drawer). She'd been entitled to British citizenship for years, but
never took it up as Australia had, until recently, a silly rule which meant
that if you took up citizenship of another country you automatically lost
Australian citizenship. She applied for British citizenship soon after this
law was dropped[1] as at the time we may have been moving to Germany with
my work and being a citizen of an EU country would have made it less
hassle. In the end we didn't go to Germany, we're now all out in Australia
and it's me having to fill in all the forms for the next stage of becoming
an Aussie -
1) Do you know that thongs are worn on feet, not your ****? - check
2) Can you cremate a steak on a barbie? - check
3) Do you know at least two people with any of the following names; Kylie,
Raelene, Noelene or normal names with unusual spellings, e.g. Aimie,
Cambell, Loren? - check
4) Football with a round ball is only played by .....? - girls
> As it looks like I'm staying here I wonder occasionally if there is any
> point in formalising that.
Maybe not as you're already an EU citizen. Mind you, part of the reason for
me getting an Aussie citizenship is that I'm currently the only member of
our family who doesn't have two passports. As we plan to do some travelling
off the beaten track when our son is older it can come in very handy to
have two different passports. So do you fancy having two passports?
Graeme
[1] Apparently this law was abolished partly due to Rupert Murdoch taking
US citizenship and loosing his Australian citizenship.